Re: erofs pointer corruption and kernel crash

From: Arseniy Krasnov

Date: Fri Apr 10 2026 - 06:00:35 EST




10.04.2026 12:20, Gao Xiang wrote:
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> On 2026/4/10 16:55, Arseniy Krasnov wrote:
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>>>> BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EROFS=y
>>>> BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EROFS_CUSTOM_COMPRESSION=y
>>>> BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EROFS_COMPRESSION_ALGORITHMS="zstd,22 --max-extent-bytes 65536 -E48bit"
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> btw, may I ask what's the erofs-utils version?
> erofs-utils 1.9?

We have 1.8.5 erofs-utils

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> I guess it's related to a relatively new experimental
> feature (-E48bit + encoded extents + zstd) introduced in v6.15.
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> If you don't use this new feature, the issue may not be
> reproduced anymore.
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> Thanks,
> Gao Xiang
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>>>> BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EROFS_FRAGMENTS=y
>>>> BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EROFS_PCLUSTERSIZE=65536
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>>>> May be You know how to fix it or some ideas? Because we are new at erofs and need to discover and
>>>> learn its source code.
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>>>> Thanks
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